Miss Earth 2020

Miss Earth 2020 was the 20th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held in various locations virtually on November 29, 2020. It was the first virtual coronation of any major pageant in the world.^[1][2][3]

Miss Earth 2020
Lindsey Coffey
Date	29 November 2020
Presenters	James Deakin
Venue	Carousel Productions Headquarters, Manila, Philippines and various locations virtually
Broadcaster	TV5
Entrants	82
Placements	20
Debuts	Bangladesh Burkina Faso Syria
Withdrawals	Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Crimea Czech Republic England Fiji Guam Haiti Hungary Israel Kazakhstan South Korea Malaysia Malta Montenegro Nepal Northern Ireland Papua New Guinea Rwanda Slovak Republic South Sudan Tonga Ukraine
Returns	Côte d'Ivoire Estonia Finland Greece Iceland Ireland Jamaica Lebanon Moldova Norway Pakistan Romania Sri Lanka Sweden Uganda United Kingdom Uruguay
Winner	Lindsey Coffey United States
← 2019 2021 →

The winner was Lindsey Coffey of the United States.^[4][1][5] This marked the first time a delegate representing the United States won Miss Earth, becoming the fourth country to win all of the Big Four international beauty pageants at least once.^[6][7][8] Miss Australia Brittany Dickson, a brain cancer survivor received the Eco Angel Special Award, the equivalent of Beauty for a Cause award.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Background

The pageant started on 21 September 2020 and ran for a couple of months.^[14] On 12 October 2020, the organization held a "Getting to Know You" virtual meet and greet with each delegate hosted by former Miss Earth 2008 Karla Henry. The pageant preliminary was streamed online on virtual channel KTX on 24 November 2020.^[15]

The COVID-19 pandemic caused travel restrictions would have the contestants to travel to the Philippines and would be forced to subject on a 14-day quarantine period upon arrival in that country. It was announced on 14 August 2020, the Miss Earth Organization would have to crown their new titleholders on a virtual coronation night scheduled for 29 November 2020 for the first time in the organization's history, such occurrence a major beauty pageant held virtually from the participants' home countries for the first time since the inception of beauty pageants dated back to the 1920s.^[16][17]

The candidates were split into four continental groups: Asia & Oceania, Africa, Americas, and Europe and then competed in the following categories: Earth Talk, Talent, Evening Gown, Swimsuit, Sports Wear, National Costume, and Interview with Netizens.^[14] The preliminary judging categories are: Beauty of Face, Fitness, and Environmental Awareness.^[18][19]

Judges

• Patricia Zavala – Venezuelan singer and TV host^[20][21]
• Hassan Eltigani Malik – President of United Nations Industrial Development Organization^[20][21]
• Natalia Barulich – International DJ, model, and singer^[20][21]
• Iskandar Widjaja – Violinist^[20][21]
• Jewel Lobaton – Former Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1998^[20][21] and CEO, Founder, & Owner of Jewel Beauty Strong
• Michael Ma – Restaurateur,^[20][21] Environmentalist, Founder, & CEO of Indochine Group
• Lorraine Schuck – Former Miss Asia Quest 1979 1st runner-up & Executive Vice President, Carousel Productions.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Earth 2020	United States – Lindsey Coffey
Miss Earth – Air 2020	Venezuela – Stephany Zreik
Miss Earth – Water 2020	Philippines – Roxanne Baeyens
Miss Earth – Fire 2020	Denmark – Michala Rubinstein
Top 8	Myanmar – Amara Shune Lei  Netherlands – Tessa Le Conge  Poland – Sabina Półtawska  Puerto Rico – Krystal Badillo
Top 20	Belarus – Mariia Reznyuk  Costa Rica – Kelly Ávila  Germany – Annabella Fleck  Ivory Coast – Aya Kadjo  Japan – Anna Tode  Kenya – Fridah Kariuki  Nigeria – Gwenivere Chioma Ifeanyieze  Panama – Anayansi de Gracia  Portugal – Ivanna Rohashko  Singapore – Christina Cai  South Africa – Lungo Katete  Thailand – Teeyapar Sretsirisuvarna

Contestants

82 contestants from various countries and territories have been selected to participate in the Miss Earth 2020 pageant.^[22]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Region	Reference
Argentina	Estrella Danieri	21	Formosa	Americas	[23][24]
Armenia	Yeranuhi Melikyan	28	Yerevan	Europe	[25][26]
Australia	Brittany Dickson	25	Sydney	Asia & Oceania	[27][28]
Austria	Nadine Anna Pfaffeneder	19	Vienna	Europe	[29][30]
Bangladesh	Meghna Alam	25	Dhaka	Asia & Oceania	[31][32]
Belarus	Mariia Reznyuk	27	Minsk	Europe	[33][34]
Belgium	Kimbery Bosman	22	Beveren	Europe	[35][36]
Bolivia	Valentina Pérez Medina	23	Sucre	Americas	[37][38]
Brazil	Thaís Bergamini	27	Manaus	Americas	[39][40]
Burkina Faso	Amira Naïmah Bassané	20	Ouagadougou	Africa	[41]
Cambodia	Sothnisay Heng	24	Phnom Penh	Asia & Oceania	[42][43]
Cameroon	Danielle Chegue Wabo	27	Douala	Africa	[44][45]
Canada	Gloren Guelos	25	Surrey	Americas	[46][47]
Chile	Macarena Quinteros	22	Punta Arenas	Americas	[48][49][50]
China	Jie Ding	25	Shandong	Asia & Oceania	[51][52][53]
Colombia	Natalia Romero	26	Tuluá	Americas	[54][55]
Costa Rica	Kelly Ávila	22	San José	Americas	[56][57]
Côte d'Ivoire	Aya Kadjo	24	Yamoussoukro	Africa	[58][59]
Croatia	Stefanie Topic	24	Zagreb	Europe	[60][61]
Denmark	Michala Rubinstein	27	Copenhagen	Europe	[62][63]
Dominican Republic	María Altagracia Villalona	24	Santo Domingo	Americas	[64]
Ecuador	Gabriela Monsalve	24	Manabí	Americas	[65][66]
Estonia	Anette Müürsepp	19	Tallinn	Europe	[67][68]
Finland	Emilia Lepomäki	22	Vantaa	Europe	[69][70]
France	Léa Llorens	26	Paris	Europe	[71][72][73]
Germany	Annabella Fleck	23	Munich	Europe	[74][75]
Ghana	Emma Djentuh	26	Accra	Africa	[76][77]
Greece	Maria Fotou	23	Arta	Europe	[78][79]
Guadeloupe	Leïla Rose-Rosette	25	Terre-de-Haut	Americas	[80][81]
Guatemala	Gabriella Castillo	23	Guatemala City	Americas	[82][83]
Guyana	Cintiana Harry	28	Berbice	Americas	[84][85]
Honduras	Mary Cruz Cardona	20	Tela	Americas	[86][87]
Iceland	Dagbjört Rúriksdóttir	26	Reykjavík	Europe	[88]
India	Tanvi Nitin Kharote	22	Pune	Asia & Oceania	[89][90]
Indonesia	Safira Rumimper	22	Manado	Asia & Oceania	[91][92]
Ireland	Eileen Mary O'Donnell	27	Dublin	Europe	[93][94]
Italy	Giulia Ragazzini	25	Rome	Europe	[95][96]
Jamaica	Catherine Harris	23	Kingston	Americas	[97][98]
Japan	Anna Tode	20	Saitama	Asia & Oceania	[14][99]
Kenya	Fridah Kariuki	23	Embu	Africa	[100][101]
Lebanon	Dayana Soulayman	18	Byblos	Asia & Oceania	[102][103]
Liberia	Robell Hovers	19	Gbarnga	Africa	[104][105]
Mauritius	Nelvina Bakshya	24	Pamplemousses	Africa	[106][107][108]
Mexico	Graciela Ballesteros	26	Monclova	Americas	[109][110]
Moldova	Elvira Jain	28	Chișinău	Europe	[111][112]
Mongolia	Britta Battogtokh	28	Ulaanbaatar	Asia & Oceania	[113][114]
Myanmar	Amara Shune Lei	24	Yangon	Asia & Oceania	[115][116]
Netherlands	Tessa le Conge	26	Arnhem	Europe	[117][118]
New Zealand	Suzy Ann Nielsen	18	Tauranga	Asia & Oceania	[119][120]
Nigeria	Gwenivere Chioma Ifeanyieze	22	Enugu	Africa	[121][122]
Northern Mariana Islands	Maria Lael Terlaje	19	Saipan	Asia & Oceania	[123][124]
Norway	Nora Emilie Nakken	22	Oslo	Europe	[125]
Pakistan	Areej Chaudhary	25	Islamabad	Asia & Oceania	[126][127]
Panama	Anayansi De Gracia	20	Panama City	Americas	[128][129]
Paraguay	Natalhia Escobar	24	Alto Paraná	Americas	[130][131]
Peru	Kelly Dávila	26	Lima	Americas	[132][133]
Philippines	Roxanne Baeyens	23	Baguio	Asia & Oceania	[134][135]
Poland	Sabina Półtawska	21	Szczecin	Europe	[136][137]
Portugal	Ivanna Rohashko	24	Lisbon	Europe	[138][139]
Puerto Rico	Krystal Badillo	25	Canóvanas	Americas	[140][141]
Réunion	Cloë Bienvenu	21	Saint-Denis	Africa	[142][143]
Romania	Tatiana Usatii	28	Bucharest	Europe	[144][145]
Russia	Yuliana Deryagina	22	Moscow	Europe	[146][147]
Serbia	Sandra Milenković	20	Belgrade	Europe	[148][149]
Sierra Leone	Nadia Adia Mansaray	24	Freetown	Africa	[150][151]
Singapore	Christina Cai	21	Singapore	Asia & Oceania	[14][152]
Slovenia	Adrijana Ojsteršek	24	Ljubljana	Europe	[153][154]
South Africa	Lungo Katete	23	Johannesburg	Africa	[155][156]
Spain	Marta Lorenzo	24	Lanzarote	Europe	[157][158]
Sri Lanka	Romane Alvies	20	Negombo	Asia & Oceania	[159][160]
Sweden	Gabriella Lomm Mann	25	Stockholm	Europe	[161][162]
Syria	Tiya Alkerdi	23	Aleppo	Asia & Oceania	[163][164]
Thailand	Thitaree Kasorn	24	Bangkok	Asia & Oceania	[165][166]
Uganda	Priscillah Mbabazi	22	Kampala	Africa	[167]
United Kingdom	Ella Baker-Roberts	24	Kent	Europe	[168][169]
United States	Lindsey Coffey	28	Centerville	Americas	[170][171]
Uruguay	Lorena Sosa	23	Treinta y Tres	Americas	[172]
US Virgin Islands	Isabella Bennett	25	Charlotte Amalie	Americas	[14][173]
Venezuela	Stephany Zreik	24	Valencia	Americas	[174][175]
Vietnam	Thái Thị Hoa	26	Gia Lai	Asia & Oceania	[176][177]
Zambia	Muka Hamoonga	23	Lusaka	Africa	[178][179]
Zimbabwe	Tinokunda Moyo	24	Gweru	Africa	[180][181][182]